Species ***Streptomyces* *platensis***

Name: Streptomyces platensis Tresner and Backus 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: plat.en’sis. Gr. masc. n. platos, flat, broad, wide; N.L. masc. adj. platensis, belonging to flat

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 13865; ATCC 23948; BCRC 11898; CBS 310.56; CBS 932.68; CCRC 11898; CCUG 11118; DSM 40041; DSM 41241; ETH 20739; IFO 12901; ISP 5041; JCM 4189; JCM 4662; KCTC 1088; NBRC 12901; NCAIM B.01481; NCIB 9607; NCIMB 9607; NRRL 2364; NRRL B-5486; NRRL ISP-5041; RIA 1110; VKM Ac-1288

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16S rRNA gene: AB045882 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Backus EJ, Tresner HD. A broadened concept of the characteristics of Streptomyces hygroscopicus. Appl Microbiol 1956; 4:243-250.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. glebosus Ohmori et al. 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
Streptomyces libani subsp. rufus Baldacci and Grein 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
"Streptomyces glebosus" (Ohmori et al. 1962) Rong and Huang 2012	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
- Komaki and Tamura 2020 Komaki H, Tamura T. Reclassification of Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. glebosus and Streptomyces libani subsp. rufus as later heterotypic synonyms of Streptomyces platensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4398-4405. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5187-5189.
  Notes:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by 2 proposals regarding the synonymy of the species.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Komaki and Tamura (2020), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Streptomyces glebosus" (Ohmori et al. 1962) Rong and Huang 2012. Publication: Komaki H, Tamura T. Reclassification of Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. glebosus and Streptomyces libani subsp. rufus as later heterotypic synonyms of Streptomyces platensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4398-4405.
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5187-5189.
- 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 104 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Streptomyces hygroscopicus (Jensen 1931) Yüntsen et al. 1956 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Waksman SA, Henrici AT. Family III. Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 929-980. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Streptomyces platensis subsp. malvinus" Furumai et al. 1974	not validly published	preferred name
"Streptomyces platensis subsp. rosaceus" Karwowski et al. 1994	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Backus EJ, Tresner HD. A broadened concept of the characteristics of Streptomyces hygroscopicus. Appl Microbiol 1956; 4:243-250.

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Species Streptomyces platensis

Species ***Streptomyces* *platensis***